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ALICE in the Crosscurrents: An Update on Financial Hardship Report Shows Wage Growth Was No Match For Inflation After A Decade Of Falling Behind

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 22, 2024) — United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA), in partnership with United for ALICE, today released updated data to the ALICE in..
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Oct 15, 2019

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Gifts of Stocks, Bonds, or Other Securities

For those interested in planned giving options, United Way of the National...

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Oct 14, 2019

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What Does Philanthropy Look Like in 2019? To This Group of Gen Z, It’s Volunteering.

A spacious dining hall reverberated with the eager chatter of 12 Denison...

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Oct 14, 2019

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The Road Less Traveled: How One Man Persevered Through 25 Years of Addiction and Homelessness

“Traveling, to me, is like a life experience,” Lawrence Collins reflects on...

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Oct 10, 2019

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Empowering the Youth with Goal Setting Through Running

  You might think that convincing a group of teenagers to wake...

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Oct 10, 2019

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A Week into Being Homeless – Project Homeless Connect Gives New Hope to A Single, Working Mother

When Spring’s contract with a local water company abruptly ended, she couldn’t...

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Oct 10, 2019

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Putting Absenteeism on Spin Cycle: How United Way NCA is Cleaning Up Dropout Rates With Free Laundry

Amongst the lulling whoosh of a turbulent washing machine, stood four Enterprise volunteers,...


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